功效

Chinese

		merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment	effect; efficacy; imitate
simp. and trad. (功效)		功	效

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngxiào

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ haau⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-háu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-hāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngxiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongsiào
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-hsiao⁴
    • Yale: gūng-syàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongshiaw
    • Palladius: гунсяо (gunsjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gung¹ haau⁶
    • Yale: gūng haauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ haau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ hao⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ haːu̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 功效 工效

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-háu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung´ hau`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ hau³
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴ hau̯³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-hāu
    • Tâi-lô: kong-hāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: konghau
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hau³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ hau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hau²²/

Noun

功效

1. efficiency; efficacy

   豆汁雖然難喝，但是它有具有養胃、解毒、清火的功效。 [MSC, trad.]
   豆汁虽然难喝，但是它有具有养胃、解毒、清火的功效。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dòuzhī suīrán nán hē, dànshì tā yǒu jùyǒu yǎngwèi, jiědú, qīnghuǒ de gōngxiào. [Pinyin]

   Although douzhi is difficult to drink, it can nourish the stomach, and relieve internal heat and inflammation.

2. (literary) deed; achievement; feat; contribution

Synonyms

• (efficiency):

• 力量 (lìliàng)
• 功力 (gōnglì)
• 性能 (xìngnéng)
• 應效／应效 (Hokkien)
• 效力 (xiàolì)
• 效率 (xiàolǜ)
• 效能 (xiàonéng)
• 效驗／效验 (xiàoyàn)
• 證驗／证验 (zhèngyàn)

 

• (deed):

• 事蹟／事迹 (shìjì)
• 功勞／功劳 (gōngláo)
• 功勛／功勋 (gōngxūn)
• 功烈 (gōngliè) (literary)
• 功績／功绩 (gōngjì)
• 勛伐／勋伐 (xūnfá) (literary)
• 勞績／劳绩 (láojì)
• 業績／业绩 (yèjì)
• 貢獻／贡献 (gòngxiàn)

 

Related terms

• 功能 (gōngnéng)